Hook.



G. UHLIG.

HOOK.

APPLICATION HLED JULYZ. x915.

Patented Mar. 21, 1916.

GEORGE .UHLIG, OF DES-MOINES, IOWA.

Livonia jy To qll tuhom itmayconcern:

jU I jB e it known that II, GEORGE. U-HLIG, a fl citiienf of thefUnitedStates, residing at jDesjMoincminthe county of Polk and'State l 3 foflowa, have invented new and useful Imjprovements. inwHooks, of which thefollowng'isa specification. i

p T his invention relates toa hook for use kin-connection with the ringupon the scale ,beams of artillerypieces and the like.

Theprimary objectof the invention has been :toprovide a device of theclass described, whichqpermits the ring upon the calebeamofltheiartillery piece to be easily 3 f from thehook; asoccasion mayrequire; [A still fin-ther object of the invention is p i .t().j.pIO"lCl a bodyhaving a hook .thereonot :vsueh configuration-asteenable the hook to jZOjcoiSperate withthe body to render thedismengagement of the ring of the scale beam 1 I from the hook.whn'bonnected therewith,

almostgiimpossible irrespective of the position whichthe ringmayuassume.

is flWith these and other objectsin view the invention resides in thenovel combination hand arrangement of parts which will be iereinaftemorewfully. described and pari'cularly pointed out in the claim. pThefpreferred;embodiment of theinventionflhas abeenillustratedin theaccompanyessai'ilylmadeto the precisedetails of contrluction therein:shown, as changes, alterationsgand modifications within the scope of Athe appended claim may be resortedto when lathe drawing:- Figure 1, is aperspecy 1 the view of thelmproved hook constructed accordance with: theinvention, a scale beam ringlbeing shown "connected therewith. Kli'igi 2jwis awertical longitudinal sectional :view on thefline.2 2-of Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is @a. vertical transverse sectional view on the line 3- 3ot'Fig? 2, the scale beam ring being shown indotted lines.

Like charactersof reference denote correisponding. iartsthroughout theseveral views @inythedraju'irgly. i p

' ialklgdesignates' the improved 1e. ueamgwith which the hook is Isluipd body having angelongated aperture Specification of Letters Patent.

Hand quickly connected with or disconnected erture 5. The portion of thekeeper which I ingidrawing although no restriction isnec- 7 she numeral2 indicatesthe ring,

HOOK.

PatentedMarQZl, 1916.

" Ap licat on filed July 2, 1915. Serial No. 37.748.

adjacent one end thereoflas indicated at 5.

said aperture extendinglongitudinally of the body 3. The opposite end ofthe body from that which contains the aperture 5 is provided withspacedand alined apertures 5, adapted to receive bolts or other fastenlngelements when the hook body is to be secured toa device which isattachable to is formed integral with theend of the body of thehook, isbent upwardly and terminates in a downwardly extending portion whichpasses through the aperture 5 at a point approximately intermediate theends of the opening and extends below the under side of the body, saiddownwardly extending portion and .the' end of .the keeper formedintegrally with the body coopcrab ing with the side walls of theaperture 5 to provide a ring'receiving loop. 7, in which is normallydisposed the scale beam receiving ring 2 when the hook is connectedtherewith. The downwardly extending portion of the loop 7 is again bentupwardly through the aperture 5 in the body and terminates in a curvedfree end or hill 7', which is in spaced relation with the body 3adjacent one end of theaperture 5. Theupwardly extending portion of thekeeper terminates in the bill and cooperates therewith to form acombined guide and guard to assist" in positioning the ring within, thekeeper and prevent the accidental disengagement of the ring from thekeeper when being moved to a position within the ring receivirg loop 7.I With reterence to Fig. 2 in the drawing it can easily be seen-that theupwardly extending portion of the keeper which merges into the bill 7cooperates with the bill to normally close the passage way leading tothe ring receiving loop 7, and also enables the ring to be positionedwithin the loop by the'useof one hand of the person attaching the deviceto a scale beam of a piece of artillery. Furthermore it is apparent thatthe contour of the keeper enables the keeper to co-a'ct with theaperture in the end of J the hody to prov'lde a passage way which theclass described has been provided, which will not be clogged by ice infreezing weather.

From the foregoing description'taken in connection with the accompanyingdraw-- ing,,it is at once apparent that a device of is inexpehsive ofmanufacture, simple in construction, and highly efiicient in use.

Having thus described the invention What is claimed as'new is v A deviceof the class described comprising a flat rectangular shaped plate havingan elongated longitudinally extending passage near one end, a taperingkeeper having GEORGE UHLIG. i/Vitnesses GEORGE WVAMBAGH, A. J. HAVILAND.

